TECHNICAL FILE

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BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name : Wraith
Classification : Warship
Type : CA (Heavy Cruiser)
Model Number : I
Number in Service: 1,000 (estimated)
Designations :
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length : 475 m
Beam : 300 m
Draft : 105 m
Displacement : 4,300,000 mt
COMPLEMENT
Total Standard : 650
Vorta : 10
Jem 'Hadar : 640
Officers : 30
Dedicated Crew : 210
Shock Troops : 400
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Supraluminal Propulsion System
Drive Type : DOM-Dr-CA
Number : 2
Main Reactor : DOM-Reac-CA
Sublight System
Drive Type : DOM-Thr-CA
Number : 4
Secondary Reactor: DOM-Reac2-CA
Velocity (scaled to Federation warp factors - estimated)
Standard Cruise Speed : 6.0
Maximum Cruise Speed : 9.0
Sustainable for 12 hours: 9.2
Maximum Emergency Speed : 9.4
Core Failure Immenent : 9.7
ARMAMENT
Polaron Beam Emitter
Number : 8
Range : 275,000 km
Arcs : 6 forward/port/starboard firing, 2 aft firing
Heavy Polaron Emitter
Number : 4
Range : 250,000 km
Arcs : 2 forward/port/starboard firing, 2 aft firing
Compressed Plasma Missiles
Number : 6 launchers
Range : 4,000,000
Arcs : 4 forward firing, 2 aft firing
Deflector System : DOM-Def-CA
OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters (folded space)
Standard, 10-man : 10
Combat, 20-man : 8
Cargo : 4
Shuttle Bays : 2
Embarked Craft (Standard, estimated, specific ships may vary)
Boarding craft : 15
Heavy dropships : 3
Shuttlepods : 10
Heavy Tank : 1
Medium Tank : 1
Notes:
The WRAITH is the workhorse heavy cruiser of the Dominion
Navy. Armed with 12 beam weapons (8 standard, 4 heavy), and 6
compressed plasma missile launchers, the WRAITH is truly a nasty
ship, given its relatively low displacement when compared to
Starfleet Heavy Cruisers. The maneuverability of the WRAITH is
excellent, as is the sublight acceleration.
The WRAITH sometimes operates alone, but also serves as
screens for LICH or SPECTRE class ships (with accompanying PHANTOMs
and ZOMBIEs). In other cases, the WRAITH serves as the command ship
of a small squadron; these squadrons typically exist of a WRAITH, 2-4
PHANTOMS, and about 5-8 ZOMBIES (it is estimated that 65% of the
units consist of a WRAITH, 2 PHANTOMS and 5 ZOMBIES, with 30%
consisting of a WRAITH, 3 PHANTOMS, and 6 ZOMBIES).
Several of these squadrons are currently working in the areas
of the Gamma Quadrant near to the Herod II wormhole. Starfleet has
identified twenty-one such squadrons, and has determined routine
patrol routes from monitoring their activities. While most of these
units do indeed participate in patrol, it is not entirely uncommon to
find these groups of ships participating in subjugation exercises.
Somewhat more common is the use of these craft to safely escort
imperial cargo ships transporting raw materials, finished products,
foodstuffs, partially constructed technological devices, etc, from
planets under Dominion control.
Intelligence agents estimate that the use of these craft in
the escort of cargo ships is to ensure that a coordinated assault by
the Federation or any other hostile Alpha/Beta Quadrant power would
not result in the cutting off of vital supply lines and the possible
blockading of these economically useful planets.
Like all Dominion ships, a supply of biological weapons are
carried on board. The presence of these devices points to several
other possibilities and theories which will be described in a future
paper available to those with SECLAR 5 (highly classified) clearance
or higher.
The WRAITHs have been encountered by the USS NEBULA and the
USS QUASAR on independent missions. Further, these cruisers formed a
significant part of the Dominion fleet at SBOG.
The WRAITH has proven itself to be a competent opponent in
combat. What is quite disturbing is the estimate that over 1000 of
these vessels exist in the Dominion Navy. This may be a reasonably
reliable estimate, however, it is also possible that the Federation
has come across phony data, provided to us in a Dominion
disinformation campaign. Further updates to this file will be made
as more verified information becomes available.
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